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UK TEKLA AWARDS
ECS
ECS WINS NATIONWIDE AWARD FOR MODELLING
ECS Engineering Services’ ability to use
software to enhance every stage of complex
construction projects has won it a UK Tekla
Award and it will now go forward to the
international stage of the competition.
The UK Tekla Awards celebrate the success
of projects modelled using Tekla software
in the UK and Ireland. Tekla is a software
product family that consists of programs for
analysis and design, detailing and project
communication. It is widely used in the
construction and related industries around
the world.
The judges define the criteria they
used for assessment of the entries as:
showing collaboration between multiple
participants and the use of open BIM
(building information management);
challenges solved with Tekla software
products; perhaps a multi-material aspect
or complexity of geometry; and most
importantly the cool factor - uniqueness
of the project and creativity in the project
execution.
Projects of all sizes and degrees of
complexity could be entered into the
competition, so long as they demonstrated
collaboration and innovation using
digitisation solutions. Many prestigious
construction projects, both large and small,
were entered into the 2018 UK awards,
including multi-storey offices, cultural
buildings and sports facilities, industrial
and commercial developments and
infrastructure projects.
The judges considered all entries and drew
up a long list of the most worthy. These were
then opened up to review by the public via
a dedicated website, who voted for their
favourite and the overall winners in each
category.
For the competition ECS created a model
that integrated a number of recently
completed water control projects set in a
fictional site. It included lock gates, an FRP
(fibre reinforced plastic) footbridge, trash
screens, radial gates, fish passes, radar
sensors and platforms, stop logs, limpet
dams, a hydraulic lift bridge, flap valves,
penstocks and associated ladders, access
steel, winches, hand railing and fencing.
ECS’s James Kirk explains: “We really wanted
to demonstrate our ability to bring together
different parts of a project, seamlessly
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Richard Fletcher presents ECS Engineering Services James Kirk (Right) a UK Tekla Award.
integrating all the data so that everyone
has complete information on the project
and its progress. Our ambitious entry paid
off because it was liked by both the judges
and the voting public. The judges said they
particularly appreciated the inclusion of
the moving mechanical items such as lock
gates, which added extra dimensions to the
model.”
As a winner, representatives from ECS were
invited to a day of celebrations at the stately
Bowcliffe Hall near Wetherby to formally
receive their award.
Tekla’s UK Managing Director, Richard
Fletcher, offers his view of the competition:
“There are a lot of talented users of Tekla
software amongst our customer base that
we like to recognise. This year’s entries were
a showcase for the digitisation of design for
manufacture and assembly within the UK
and Ireland. It is great to see the wide variety
of work that Tekla Structures is used for.”
ECS is no stranger to award ceremonies. It
has just won a RoSPA Health & Safety award
for the tenth year in succession. Kirk again:
“Awards let us benchmark ourselves against
the best in our industry, bring prestige and
publicity and are something the whole
company can celebrate.”
About ECS Engineering Services
ECS Engineering Services has over 20
years experience in delivering high
quality, reliable and cost effective
engineering solutions, specialising
in bespoke design and construction
of water, energy and environmental
processing and management projects.
www.ecsengineeringservices.com